Clip for display racks



July 31, 1951 A. DREYFUS, JR 2,552,777

' CLIP FOR DISPLAY RACK Filed Aug. 1o, 195o Patented July 31, 1951 lUNITED STATES PATENT FFICE Y l i i i 2,562,777 f CLIP FOR DISPLAY RACKS `Asher Dreyfus,vJr.,`Oklaho'ma City; Okla.

Application August 10, 1950, Serial No. 178,707

or rack with spaced pintles carried by short arms y inturned from cross bars projecting laterally from the ends of the supporting arm, said pintles being received under tension by spaced passages in the leg or post, the inturned arm at the section of the supporting arm being oiset from the plane of said upper section of the supporting arm kfor maintaining the pintles under tension, the

upper fsectionrforming a finger piece for rocking the clip on the pintles, the lower section of the supporting arm including the associated cross bar forming ameans for clamping articles onto the post or leg, the inturned arms engaging the opposite side ofthe leg.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a clip for use on posts of a display rack and manufactured from a strip of resilient wire in which the wire is bent to forma main supporting arm intermediate the ends of the wire with right angular 'cross bars projecting laterally from the opposite ends of the supporting arm and inturned arms 'extending from the ends of the cross bars, each vinturned arm terminating in a right angularly disposed pintle with the free ends of the pintles spaced from the supporting arms and received by spaced passages in the post, the supporting' arms having a bend intermediate the ends thereof with the bend engaging one side of the post while the inturned arms engaging the opposite side of said post, yone of the inturned arms being disposed at an acute angle to .the adto improvements in clips y jacent portion of the supporting arm 'to maintain tension on the pintles so that one of the cross bars will clamp an article onto the post while the other cross bar will be spaced from the Y it must be understood that the invention is not conned to the disclosure, but is susceptible of such changes and modifications as shall dene no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

vIn the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of a rack or display stand showing my improved clips attached thereto. f

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side View of a clip shown applied to openings in a vertical leg of the display stand. l Y

Figure 3 is an enlarged front view of a clip attached'to the display stand.

Figure fl is an enlarged front View of the clip detached from the stand, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged side view of the detached clip shown in Figure 4.

Referring more particularly to the :drawing- I Il designates a base member from which risel'e'gs II of a U-shaped display rack 12. A bight portion I 3 forms a connecting bar for the upper ends of the legs. The legs are substantially rectangular in cross section and are provided with spaced pairs of transverse openings vI'li and Ilia forming'bearings for a purpose'which will be described presently. p

A plurality of clips I5 formed of spring material are adapted to lbe supported in spaced relation along the vertical lengths of the legs l'II. Each clip has a portion for retaining articles on the legs for display purposes, with vthe articles being equally spaced from each other.

Theclips are formed from spring wire and include a main supporting arm I6 which is bent at I 'I to provide a pair of -sections I8 and I9 which areinclined towards each other at anlobtuse angle. These sections are substantiallyof the same length. It will be noted from Figure 5, that the section I9 is bent as shown at 20 in the opposite direction from the bend at I I in order to position properly a package or articleretaining member to be described presently. The bent portion 2| is inclined towards the section 9 at an obtuse angle.

A cross bar -22 extends laterally from the' upper end of the section I8 and at right angles thereto. An arm 23 projects downwardly at right angles from the free end of the cross bar adjacent the inner face of the leg II of the display rack. It will be noted that the cross bar 22 is sufciently long to place the section I8 and the depending arm 23 at opposite sides of each leg II with a clearance between the sides of the leg and the members I8 and 23 so that the upper end finger piece 24 of the clip may be rocked towards the front face of a supporting leg II. inturned at right angles from the lower end of the arm 23 is received in the upper transverse passage I4 in a leg of the display rack. f

A second cross bar 26 extends laterally at right A pintle 25 angles from the lower end of the bent portion 2| of the lower section' I8 of the main supporting arm I6 of the clip. An arm 21 extends upwardly at right angles from the free end of the cross bar 26. This arm is bent at 28 at the same angle as the section I9 so that a plane passing through the longitudinal axis of the section I9 will intercept the longitudinal axis of the bent portion 29 of the arm 21. Likewise, 'a' vertical plane will pass throughthe longitudinal axis of the members 2| and 21. A pintle 30 extends from the upper free end of the member 29 and is received by the lower passage Ida of the pair of passages in a leg II of the display rack I2.

It will be noted from Figures 2 and 5, that the arm 23 is given a slight twist relative to the cross bar 22. Thus a plane passing through the longitudinal axis of the cross bar 22, the depending arm 23 and the pintle will be disposed at an acute angle to a plane passing through the longitudinal axis of the upper section I 8 of the 4main supporting arm IB of the clip I and cutting the rstmentioned plane through the longitudinal axis of the cross bar 22. The bend I1 in the arm I6 together with the slight twist of the arm 23 offsets the upper end or iinger piece 24 from the side edge of a leg I I of the display rack. The inbent lower end or clamping portion 3I of the clip presses against the side edge of said leg.

When the clips are `applied to the legs I I of the ,display rack, the pintles 25 and 30 are forced into the respective openings I4 and Ida under tension. The members 23 and 21 together with the supporting arm I6 will be likewise under tension. Thus when the clamping means 3| is against a leg or post I I of the stand, said means will be positioned firmly as will be the finger piece 24 by the spring tension on the various parts.

Pressure on the nger piece 24 in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure 2, will cause the nnger piece, indicated in full lines to snap to the dotted line position, while the clamping means will move to the dotted line or open position to release or receive an articleor package. The nger piece is then allowed to move to the full line position so that the means 3| will clamp the article against the front face of the leg .I I. The clips will rock on the pivots 25 and 30 `when the clips are moved from the open position tothe closed position and vice versa. During such movements, the bend I 1 in thesupporting arm I6 Vrides against one side of the leg II and coopcrates with the pintles for retaining the clips on the legs. n

It will be noted from the above that the clip in its simplest form includes a supporting arm I6, a U-shaped member extending laterally from each end of the supporting arm with the inner legs 25 and 30 forming pintles. The legs 22 and ing bar.

What I claim:

1. A clip for use on a display rack having at least one vertical post provided with pairs of spaced transverse passages, said clip being manufactured from a single strip of resilient wire, the wire being bent intermediate the ends thereof to provide a supporting arm with a cross bar projecting laterally at right angles from each end of the supporting arm, an inturned arm at the free end of each cross bar, the inturned arms pointing towards each other, and a pintle extending from the inner free end of each inturned arm towards the supporting arm and received by a transverse passage in the post, the supporting varm having a bend intermediate the ends there- 'ing arm for maintaining the pintles under tension in the transverse passages, one of the cross bars'acting as a linger piece for rocking the clip, the other cross bar acting as a clamp for articles.

2. A clip for use on a display rack having at least one vvertical post provided with a plurality of spaced pairs of transverse passages, each clip being manufactured from a single strand of resilient wire and comprising a substantially vertical supporting arm having an intermediate bend engaging one side face of the post between the transverse passages, a U-shaped member extending laterally from the upper end of the supporting farm and forming a nger piece, a U- shaped member extending laterally from the lower end of the supporting arm and forming a clamping means for articles, one leg of the upper U-shaped member providing a pintle received by a transverse passage of a pair of passages, a, leg of the lower U'shaped member providing a pintle received by the other passage of the pair, said pintles being in different vertical planes for creating a tension on the pintles so that the other leg of the lower U-shaped member will clamp an article onto the leg of the post, the other leg of vthe upper U-shaped member providing a finger piece for rocking the clip on the post.

' ASHER DREYFUS, J R.

REFERENCES ACITED The following references are of record in the lfile of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 260,537 Clough July 4, 1882 938,025 Smoot Oct. 26, 1909 1,601,715 Bryers Oct. 5, 1926 2,110,483 Place Aug. 22, 1939 2,532,022 Gunderson Nov. 28, 1950 

